back in the day
I had dictionaries and books
of travel
National Geographics
and Encyclopedias
to fathom ideas from

Now we have the simplicit y of
search engines..And yet it is just
a tool as were the books
The mind must still open the book
open the window and assess
and access the information and form
it in works
in poems

I had heard this land from years ago
and never looked to its meaning beyond
the mere flicker of recognition
But upon reading up on its
origins and finding out many links from
this I was impressed........

That there were muses and nymphs and
ancient greek poets

Hesperides i knew a little of but the origin of
Erebus I was in the dark until I read up on
this today The only Erebus I knew was the
ship on a voyage to the polar cap during
a time of brave discovery and tragic loss

Poetry is a medium of beauty and discovery
More then just beautiful words
More then meaning

Thank You Geezer!

it is as I thought
for me it was a Man looking upon his own beauty in a pool
(Ancient times there were many pools fountains for this)
Not just for looking but that too...(cheap mirrors for the time)
My quick re read is that of a man who had great beauty and
disdained those that loved him there was a spell put upon
him to stay trapped with his own love and that was his demise
Various forms ends with suicide but death is the outcome
(There would be the cancer like reference although many
survive cancer and Narcissism too)

Latter writers incorporated many other types of variants on
this story and my fave in reading today was of twins Male
Female who fall in love...There are funny notations on couples
who it is noted pick partners who look like themselves
Echo Affect or Effect... after all the image in the pool or mirror
is an echo of light Of our facial expressions

so much can be a derivative of this story and expounded upon
and in the late eighteen hundreds when sexuality was examined
there is mention of the own self being the sex object of desire

I am most certian there are numerous movies books plays and
poetry on this subject alone and your desire to see something
created from this topic is a challenge too

In todays worlds where image is so important The media creating
ego giants and the facebook phenomenon for social immersion
it is always a grooming ground for excessive "isms"

however I am merely a poor poet writing my trade from my gift
and not a scholarly man Nor a psychiatrist nor psychologist

But i do feel my mind running thoughts on this Loved
and what can we learn of Narcissist? what documentary
interview would we perceive or questions could we ponder
with him? "Are you lonely for company narcissist?"
"Well I do have my handsome self!!" etc

most interesting question Loved